Products in Personal Care: Film Former

Luviskol® K 30 Super Solution acts as a setting polymer and film former. It is an aqueous solution of a homopolymer of vinylpyrrolidone. Moreover, it offers adhesive properties and is ideal for use in water-based applications where a high degree of clarity is required in the finished product, such as gels. Luviskol® K 30 Super Solution finds application in formulating hair styling aids like gels, hair mousses, and pump sprays.

Luviskol® K 30 powder is a styling agent suitable for hair gels, hair creams, mousses, pump sprays, and liquid hair styling preparations. It is soluble in water, ethanol, and isopropanol and is used in cosmetics for various applications, mainly as film formers but also as thickeners.

Luviskol® VA 37 E is a film-forming agent and fixative used in hair care, particularly in aerosol sprays, pump sprays, liquid products, mousse, and gels. It is an easy-to-use aqueous solution that is compatible with carbomers, and is particularly suitable for alcohol-free formulations, forming a clear solution in water. This product has a K-Value (1% in ethanol) of 28.0-36.0, a solids content of 48.0-52.0%, and a water content of max. 0.50%.

ADM Maltitol Syrup 100 occurs as a clear, colorless, syrupy liquid. It is a water solution of a hydrogenated, partially hydrolyzed starch containing maltitol, sorbitol, and hydrogenated oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. It is miscible with water and glycerin, and slightly miscible with alcohol. It is non-crystallizing and is used as a humectant and texturizing agent in a wide range of products. Since maltitol is very similar to sucrose in sweetness and functionality, it is often used to replace sugars in sugar-free, no sugar-added, and low net carbohydrate products such as nutritional bars, hard candy, soft confections, frozen desserts, and baked sweet goods. It is non-cariogenic and qualifies for the FDA authorized “does not promote tooth decay” health claim.

Flexan II polymer is a high molecular weight polystyrene sulfonate, sodium salt supplied as a free flowing off-white powder. It is a highly versatile polymer that provides benefits in both hair and skin care products. It forms clear, flexible films that shrink upon drying, quickly dissipates electric charge, is stable to temperatures exceeding 300°C, is highly anionic, and helps to reduce surface tension. In styling aids, Flexan II polymer is ideal for thermal protection and curl enhancing products. Flexan II polymer's water soluble polymer films are strong and flexible, making it a multifunctional ingredient for various styling aids.

Amaze SP 100% natural polymer provides humidity-resistant style retention, volume and anti-frizz performance for hair products. Its exceptional sensory and look makes it the ideal choice for natural and nude styling products that deliver touchable hold. Amaze SP polymer is a new entry into the hair styling market designed to offer consumers a more natural hold in use. It can be formulated into a variety of hair styling products ranging from mousses to creams and even sprays. The polymer itself is 100% natural and derived from plants only. It is manufactured using an extremely eco-conscious process to deliver a sustainable styling polymer. Amaze SP is soluble in water and water/ethanol solutions.

DERMACRYL E is an easy-to-use film former for water resistant sunscreen emulsions. It has been developed to provide excellent water resistance performance without the need to heat or neutralize the polymer. DERMACRYL E polymer is designed with an improvement on sun protection performance from Dermacryl AQF polymer.

Dermacryl X provides market leading water and rub-off resistance for reliable high SPF systems with pleasing esthetics in both inorganic and organic systems delivered from an emulsion base. This polymer also requires no heat or neutralization and can be easily incorporated into emulsion-based sunscreens to help simplify the formulation process.

RESYN 28-2930 is a film-forming hair fixative that offers cost-effective stiffness with flexibility in high alcohol hair spray formulas. It provides strong holding power, manageability, gloss, and adhesion to the hair without flaking.

DYNAMX H2O is a unique urethaneacrylic film-forming polymer designed for use in styling products including creams, waxes, gels, mousses, pomades, ethnic styling products and thermal protection products. DYNAMX H2O polymer offers excellent long-lasting curl definition and anti-frizz properties, helping to tame the most unruly hair types. It is designed to provide flexible hold, high humidity curl retention, and shine across a broad range of styling product forms.

DERMACRYL C film forming polymer is an innovative film forming polymer technology designed especially for color cosmetics applications. This polymer offers a number of consumer friendly benefits because it forms clear, substantive, flexible films which can improve resistance to wear, enhance water resistance, build volume, and give a soft natural feel. Although substantive, the DERMACRYL C polymer films are easily removed with warm soapy water or standard make-up removers.

CELQUAT L-200 is a low viscosity, highly cationic conditioner/film former useful in a broad range of styling, cleansing, and skin care products. This water soluble modified cellulosic is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range, is substantive to hair and skin, and provides such esthetic benefits as excellent combability, hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, and a smooth feel.

Alcosperse LV-71 is a 80% VOC hair sprays containing approximately 15% water, AMPHOMER LV-71 polymer can provide fine atomization as well as the superior features and benefits expected from AMPHOMER polymer, including excellent stiffness and high humidity curl retention properties. AMPHOMER LV-71 polymer’s composition is also covered under US Patent 9,119,972 B2, and can act as a hair shield for hot heating implements such as flat irons and curling wands, helping to protect the hair cuticle from hair damage caused by heat.

BIOSTYLE CGP is a naturally derived, anionic film forming polymer designed especially for use in volumizing and working styling products including clear hair gels, spray gels, creams, lotions and mousses. This styling polymer has a high natural content and performs as a match to PVP K-30 and PVP/VA systems. In addition to providing a similar hold, BIOSTYLE CGP also delivers exceptional volume generation and root lift. A proprietary hybrid polymer comprised of maltodextrin and vinyl pyrrolidone, BIOSTYLE CGP polymer represents a new way for formulators to create more natural and sustainable styling products while maintaining cost-in-use targets and without any sacrifice of performance properties.

RESYN 28-2930LVOC has holding power, humidity resistance, manageability, gloss and adhesion to the hair without flaking. Developed for hydroalcoholic hairspray formulations, this grade of Resyn provides optimum clarity and superior compatibility with dimethyl ether in high water-containing systems.

CELQUAT H-100 is a high viscosity cationic conditioner/film former useful in a broad range of styling, cleansing, and skin care products. This water soluble modified cellulosic is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range, is substantive to hair and skin, and provides such esthetic benefits as excellent combability, hold, gloss, and anti-static properties, and a smooth feel. It can also contribute to thickening effects and is suitable for styling gels, creams, and other products where higher viscosity with hold and conditioning are desired.

Amaze XT is a 100% renewable, natural, multifunctional polymeric rheology modifier with exceptional thickening performance, superior suspension capabilities and esthetic properties for use in a wide range of personal care applications. Insoluble functional materials can provide visual appeal, deliver active ingredients and exfoliate. Incorporating and stabilizing these materials requires extra performance on the part of the rheology modifier. Amaze XT polymer provides the required performance. In addition to its thickening abilities, Amaze XT polymer has a high elastic/storage modulus (G’), indicating good suspending ability. Systems formulated with Amaze XT polymer show stable longterm suspension, even at elevated temperatures.

DERMACRYL AQF film forming polymer is an easy-to-use film former for water resistant sunscreen emulsions. It has been developed to provide excellent water resistance performance without the need to heat or neutralize the polymer.

Alcosperse 4961 is a film former that provides excellent humidity resistance and hold when used in anhydrous or 80% VOC hair sprays. In hair spray systems, it offers improved stiffness, durability, and long-lasting hold compared to Alcosperse polymer. In addition, the AMPHOMER 4961 polymer version provides improved compatibility with thickening agents (e.g. Carbomer) for hard holding styling gels and other styling aids.

Balance® RCFg polymer is a multifunctional film former and rheology modifier that provides cost-effective thickening and versatile performance in a variety of hair styling and surfactant containing systems.

DERMACRYL 79 is a hydrophobic, high molecular weight carboxylated acrylic copolymer. DERMACRYL 79 is inherently moisture resistant — the polymer can be used in waterproof sunscreens as well as a variety of creams and lotions. It forms an excellent low-shine film for resistance to abrasion or rub-off and helps maintain active ingredients at the application site. It meets the Credo Clean Standard and the requirements for Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty.

Balance® CR polymer is a film forming hair fixative primarily designed for low VOC aerosol hair spray systems. It is supplied as an easy to use liquid emulsion, provides very low viscosities in high-water formulations, and its molecular weight has been optimized for superior stiffness and high humidity hold. Films of the polymer are hard but provide a more natural, flexible feel on the hair compared to the AMPHOMER polymer technology. Balance® CR polymer uses Nouryon's low-corrosion technology, which reduces the level of corrosion that is typically associated with emulsion polymers.

BIOSTYLE XH is a naturally-derived film-forming polymer designed for use in clear, stiffer holding hair gels, mousses, and other working styling aids where volumizing properties are desired. BIOSTYLE XH polymer provides the on-hair performance, exceptional clarity, and consumer preferred rheology that are typically associated with synthetic fixative polymers, yet BIOSTYLE XH polymer is partially derived from renewable resources. This high molecular weight, proprietary hybrid polymer represents a new way for formulators to create more sustainable, harder holding styling products while maintaining cost-in-use targets without any sacrifice of performance properties.

Amaze polymer is a nonionic, naturally-derived film former based on modified corn starch. This starch-based fixative offers excellent root lifting properties, good humidity resistance, and sensorial benefits in hair styling aids.

AMPHOMER HC is a high performance film-former and hair spray fixative specifically designed for use in systems containing a large proportion of hydrocarbon propellant. It is also compatible with dimethyl ether propellant systems and can be used to produce crystal clear hair spray solutions. Films of the polymer are hard, yet flexible, resulting in formulations that have excellent long-lasting hold. AMPHOMER HC polymer provides the well-known market-leading stiffness and humidity resistance similar to AMPHOMER polymer.

Balance® 47, a unique, hydrophobically modified acrylic resin, has been specially designed to produce superior performance in low volatile organic compound (VOC) aerosol and pump hair sprays that contain water. In such systems, the negative effects of water are well known. Water contributes to both increased viscosity and increased surface tension resulting in wetter sprays with a larger particle size. These sprays are inefficient in coating the hair. Water also affects initial curl droop, drying time, polymer holding properties, and stiffness of the hair. Furthermore, the increased viscosity due to the water can limit the polymer solids of the spray and can result in actuator blockage. Due to its unique composition and molecular weight distribution, Balance® 47 polymer hair fixative overcomes the effects of water over abroad range of hair spray VOC content.

SolAmaze® Natural solution is a novel bio-based, biodegradable product, containing a film-forming polymer that offers superior water resistance and pleasing aesthetics for high SPF emulsion sunscreens. SolAmaze® Natural solution is globally approved and was developed to maintain the performance of leading synthetic polymers while reducing the persistence in the environment.

DYNAMX is a unique urethane-acrylic film-former designed especially for hairsprays that deliver flexibility with long-lasting hold performance. Supplied as a pre-neutralized hydro-alcoholic solution, it can be easily formulated into hairsprays and other styling aids. Dynamx polymer provides a strong, flexible hold with memory (durable hold) that is required for dynamic hairstyles. The hair is able to move freely, yet returns to its original shape, allowing consumers to maintain a freshly styled look throughout an active day. In addition, the polymer offers high shine with thermal protection benefits.

RESYN XP is an acrylic film-former developed for use in cost-efficient, high hydrocarbon hair spray systems. It provides excellent curl retention expected from a high performance acrylate and can be formulated to provide a range of hold levels from very stiff to natural hold. It also provides excellent on-hair feel suitable for leave on and other hair styling products. RESYN XP polymer can tolerate up to 60% hydrocarbon propellant and still maintain a cloud point of -20°C.

Balance® Extra polymer is a high molecular weight acrylate film-forming polymer specially engineered for low VOC aerosol systems and hair gel formulations. Its versatility extends to various hair styling products, including hair gels and aerosol hairsprays. This polymer excels in delivering stiffness and a strong, long-lasting hold even in humid conditions. Whether you're seeking the perfect hairstyle in any weather, Balance® Extra polymer is your solution.

BELSIL® SPR 45 VP is a solvent-free phenyl silicone resin specifically designed as a film former for cosmetic applications. It combines the desirable film-forming properties of silicone resins with a remarkable high gloss and shine. The presence of phenyl groups contributes to its high refractive index, resulting in up to 50% higher gloss compared to standard silicone resins.

BELSIL® DM 3096 is a blend of low-viscosity dimethicones and a high-molecular-weight dimethiconol. Due to its composition, it combines the properties of low-viscosity fluids and extremely high-viscosity dimethiconol. The excellent spreading of the low-viscosity dimethicones allows for a good distribution of the high-viscosity conditioning agent, dimethiconol.

BELSIL® REG 1102 is a resin elastomer gel composed of a silicone copolymer network combined with a non-volatile, low-viscosity dimethicone. This gel is transparent and imparts a delightful sensory experience both during and after application. BELSIL® REG 1102 serves as an effective thickener in formulations while ensuring a smooth application. Moreover, it demonstrates shear-thinning behavior, which enables the easy spreading of cosmetic products during application and facilitates the incorporation of pigments into formulations.

BELSIL® eco TMS 803 is a co-hydrolysis product derived from tetraalkoxysilane (Q unit) and trimethylethoxysilane (M unit). Its chemical structure forms a three-dimensional network of polysilic acid units, which are capped with trimethylsilyl groups. Some residual ethoxy and hydroxy functionalities are also present. This product is based on renewable raw materials and adheres to the "TÜV NORD Standard REDcert²." It is a white powder that is manufactured to be largely free of aromatic solvents like toluene. It possesses excellent rheological properties thanks to its low content of fine dust particles and uniform particle size distribution, ensuring good flowability. Additionally, BELSIL® eco TMS 803 can be blended with polydimethylsiloxanes.

BELSIL® TMS 803 is a co-hydrolysis product derived from tetraalkoxysilane (Q unit) and trimethylethoxysilane (M unit). Its chemical structure forms a three-dimensional network of polysilic acid units, which are endblocked with trimethylsilyl groups. There are residual ethoxy and hydroxy functionalities present. This product is a white powder manufactured to be substantially free of aromatic solvents like toluene. With its low content of fine dust particles and uniform particle size, BELSIL® TMS 803 demonstrates excellent rheological properties, particularly in terms of flowability. It can be blended with polydimethylsiloxanes for compounding purposes.

BELSIL® eco REG 1102 resin elastomer gel is a non-emulsifying silicone copolymer network blended with a non-volatile, low-viscosity dimethicone, based on renewable raw materials according to "TÜV NORD Standard REDcert²". It is a transparent gel that provides a very pleasant sensory experience both during application and afterwards. BELSIL® eco REG 1102 can act as a thickener in formulations while delivering a smooth application. In addition, it exhibits shear-thinning behavior. This attribute allows for the formulation of cosmetic products that spread easily during application and facilitates the incorporation of pigments into a formulation.